[{Table style='width:100%' | [{Image src='Chapter Icons/btar_lft.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=TGS,Ch4'}] | %%(display:block; text-align:center;) [{Image src='Chapter Icons/ornaments_bw.gif' align='center' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Ornaments Chapter Icon'}] ''[TGS|The Gathering Storm]: A Tale of Blood'' %% | [{Image src='Chapter Icons/btar_rgt.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=TGS,Ch6' align='right'}] }] %%tabs ! __Rand__ POV [Rand|Rand alThor] crosses the green in front of the manor[1] where [Bashere|Davram Bashere]'s men have made camp. He is accompanied by [Elza Penfell] and [Corele Hovian]. He trusts [Corele|Corele Hovian] more than most because she, [Damer Flinn] and [Samitsu|Samitsu Tamagowa] saved his life from [Fain|Padan Fain]'s [ruby dagger|Ruby Dagger]. That wound overlays [Ishamael]'s. [Rand|Rand alThor] believes one of those wounds will spill his blood at [Shayol Ghul]. He sees a vision of [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] tossing dice before some watching soldiers near a large road outside a city. The small, dark-skinned woman is gone.[2] A gateway opens in the Traveling Ground. An [Asha'man] soldier has a message from [Darlin|Darlin Sisnera] that his army is ready in [Tear|Tear (Country)]. [Harine|Harine din Togara Two Winds] and several other [Sea Folk] come through the gateway. [Logain|Logain Ablar] mentioned that the [Sea Folk] were hesitant to return her to [Rand|Rand alThor]. [Rand|Rand alThor] complains that the ships are taking too long to arrive but [Harine|Harine din Togara Two Winds] replies that the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] caused the delays. [Rand|Rand alThor] asks her what the [Sea Folk] do to men who can [channel|True Source]. They make a Bargain that if she answers, he will answer a question of hers.[3] [Harine|Harine din Togara Two Winds] says they are killed or left stranded on a small isle. [Rand|Rand alThor] tells her that this must stop as %%ot [saidin|Said]%% is now clean, but [Harine|Harine din Togara Two Winds] remains skeptical. [Rand|Rand alThor] thinks there might be another [Jorlen Corbesan] among those men. He was brilliant and ran the [Sharom|Collam Daan] research facility in the [Age of Legends], another memory from [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon]. [Rand|Rand alThor] thinks [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] will be able to help him figure out how to reseal the [Bore|Creator]. [Flinn|Damer Flinn] comes through the gateway. He apologizes that he is not as good at gateways as [Androl|Androl Genhald]. [Rand|Rand alThor] asks [Elza|Elza Penfell] what she believes about the taint but she also hedges. [Corele|Corele Hovian] says that she can feel through [Damer|Damer Flinn] that it is clean. [Elza|Elza Penfell] points out that during the [Time of Madness|Breaking] it took decades for people to be convinced that all male channelers would go mad. It will take long for people to really believe that that has now changed. [Rand|Rand alThor] thinks that he is bound by the [Pattern|Wheel of Time] and has no choices. He wonders if he will leave anything behind but war and devastation. Last time his madness and grief at [Ilyena|Ilyena Therin Moerelle] consumed him. He thinks of [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] telling him that we all do as we must. A guard brings news that there are [Aiel] near the camp. [Rand|Rand alThor] sends orders to [Bashere|Davram Bashere] that they will be meeting with [Bael] and [Rhuarc] to secure [Arad Doman]. \\ \\ More [Rand POV] ! __Cadsuane__ POV [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin], [Merise|Merise Haindehl] and [Narishma|Jahar Narishma] question [Semirhage] in a small room. [Erian|Erian Boroleos], [Sarene|Sarene Nemdahl] and [Nesune|Nesune Bihara] are outside the room holding her shield. [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] is furious that [Rand|Rand alThor] will only allow questioning and not torture. [Merise|Merise Haindehl] asks about [Graendal]'s plans. [Semirhage] intimidates [Merise|Merise Haindehl] with a bloody tale so that she loses control of the session. [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] stops the questioning, blocking [Semirhage]'s ears with [Air|One Power] and her eyes with [Fire|One Power] and [Air|One Power]. Over two centuries ago [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] swore she would live to see the [Last Battle|Creator]. [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] wishes she had [forkroot|Herbs] to be doubly safe with [Semirhage]. [Merise|Merise Haindehl] composes herself and the questioning resumes, asking about [Graendal] and her whereabouts. [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] believes that [Rand|Rand alThor] is destined to destroy the world. He may save it as well.[4] [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] thinks on how to break [Semirhage]. [Corele|Corele Hovian] arrives with news that [Rand|Rand alThor] is meeting with the clan chiefs and the questioning session ends. \\%%follow [Follow Rand, Nynaeve and Aviendha|TGS,Ch7]%% \\ \\ More [Cadsuane POV] %% %%collapsebox-closed ! Notes (Possible Spoilers) [#1] Lord [Tallaen]'s manor house \\[#2] That would be [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag], placing the timing as well past [Mat|Matrim Cauthon]'s battle with [Elbar|Zaired Elbar]'s [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] force. It seems likely that this vision is from outside [Caemlyn]. ([TGS,Ch36]) \\[#3] We never hear [Harine|Harine din Togara Two Winds]'s question and answer. \\[#4] An interesting take on the prophecies, that [Rand|Rand alThor] will definitely break the world again but will not necessarily save it. %% ---- More [Category Chapters|Category.Chapters], [Ornaments Chapter Icon]